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President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Monday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic gathering in Mexico. Mr. Obama needs Russia to help, or at least not hurt, U.S. foreign policy aims in the Middle East and Afghanistan. It will be the leaders' first meeting since Mr. Putin returned to Russia's top job. (Associated Press)
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Ksenia Sobchak, a 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality, has taken an unusual path into the ranks of Russia's protest leaders. President Vladimir Putin is rumored to be Miss Sobchak's godfather. (Associated Press)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks June 15, 2012, at a news conference in Moscow. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny speaks to the media as he arrives for questioning at the headquarters of Russia's Investigation Committee in Moscow on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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A woman holds a caricature depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during an opposition rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday. The rally came a day after policed raided the homes of protest leaders. Opposition figures likened the raids to the repression of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. (Associated Press)
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Polish police form a line at the pitch after the Euro 2012 match between Poland and Russia in Warsaw, Poland. Fifteen people were injured and more than 100 detained in violent clashes before the match. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators protest the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Maria Sharapova of Russia returns in the women's final match against Sara Errani of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros Stadium in Paris on Saturday, June 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand from India, left, and his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand play a FIDE World Chess Championship tie break match at Moscow's Tretyakovsky State Gallery in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his British counterpart William Hague during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 28, 2012, expected to focus on the Syria crisis. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Among the members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new Cabinet are (from right) Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, shown attending a Cabinet meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service)
